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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:30:47 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:34:07 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:36:07 PM   
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By the way, that same study showed that 25% of all 16 year old drivers will have a crash in their 1st year of driving. My newphew in Iowa has a permit at 14 1/2 so I am sure he will wreck the car before he gets a license.

I never understood this, just how out of it are 16 year olds? I didn't have my first accident until I was 25 (not my fault) and I didn't cause my first fender bender until I was 32. On the other hand when I was 18 a cop pulled me over and told me I had committed 6 moving violations in 3 blocks. When you're young like that it's not as much a matter of obeying the laws as it is just don't hit stuff. Reflexes and mental sharpness should compensate for poor obedience of the laws.


Well, it helps if you know/remember that teenagers are unable to assess risk. Literally. Recent studies on how the brain changes during puberty and very early adulthood show that a teen's brain literally is unable to accurately assess risk. They can't understand consequences or forsee how something could go wrong.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:47:27 PM   
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Come back and fight, you coward!




and now i'v got an ally... (or is it a co-belligerent)

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:51:08 PM   
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By the way, that same study showed that 25% of all 16 year old drivers will have a crash in their 1st year of driving. My newphew in Iowa has a permit at 14 1/2 so I am sure he will wreck the car before he gets a license.

I never understood this, just how out of it are 16 year olds? I didn't have my first accident until I was 25 (not my fault) and I didn't cause my first fender bender until I was 32. On the other hand when I was 18 a cop pulled me over and told me I had committed 6 moving violations in 3 blocks. When you're young like that it's not as much a matter of obeying the laws as it is just don't hit stuff. Reflexes and mental sharpness should compensate for poor obedience of the laws.


Well, it helps if you know/remember that teenagers are unable to assess risk. Literally. Recent studies on how the brain changes during puberty and very early adulthood show that a teen's brain literally is unable to accurately assess risk. They can't understand consequences or forsee how something could go wrong.

Really? Anecdotally (sp?) I have known a several teens that have been better at this then some adults I know. However, clearly there is a learning curve that people have and some progress further along that curve faster than others. IIRC my psyche 101 class correctly, children start to develop concrete reasoning skills around 12 or so. That means that at that point they have the capability to forsee adverse consequences. Now whether or not they choose to do so, or have been taught by their parents to do so could be another matter.

Still, all other things being equal in the case I would take the life experience based judgement of a 55 year old over that of an 18 year old most anyday.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:52:04 PM   
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Come back and fight, you coward!




and now i'v got an ally... (or is it a co-belligerent)


Cool smiley!

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:52:10 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:56:32 PM   
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Well, it helps if you know/remember that teenagers are unable to assess risk. Literally. Recent studies on how the brain changes during puberty and very early adulthood show that a teen's brain literally is unable to accurately assess risk. They can't understand consequences or forsee how something could go wrong.

Really? Anecdotally (sp?) I have known a several teens that have been better at this then some adults I know. However, clearly there is a learning curve that people have and some progress further along that curve faster than others. IIRC my psyche 101 class correctly, children start to develop concrete reasoning skills around 12 or so. That means that at that point they have the capability to forsee adverse consequences. Now whether or not they choose to do so, or have been taught by their parents to do so could be another matter.

Still, all other things being equal in the case I would take the life experience based judgement of a 55 year old over that of an 18 year old most anyday.


Really. Apparently there are some serious differences in how a child's brain "is wired" compared to an adult's and the teen years are when the change occurs. Developing concrete reasoning skills is not the same as having them. Combined with the hormone overload and it turns out that teens really are only half-a-step away from full blown insanity.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:58:04 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:59:31 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:59:35 PM   
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Better watch out Dino. You're getting sucked into this thread like the rest of us. You know, you're a celebrity (for 5 minutes at least). You start page 300. Congrats.


It's too late... He came, he breathed the air... The change is irreversible...

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 9:59:34 PM   
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or a lot of drivel has been occurring.....


Isn't one of the definitions of wisdom the ability to discern between wisdom and drivel?

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 10:08:42 PM   
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or a lot of drivel has been occurring.....


Isn't one of the definitions of wisdom the ability to discern between wisdom and drivel?

Wisdom is knowing when to discern between wisdom and drivel...this feels like we are going full circle back to Fox News again.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 10:16:06 PM   
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or a lot of drivel has been occurring.....


Isn't one of the definitions of wisdom the ability to discern between wisdom and drivel?

Wisdom is knowing when to discern between wisdom and drivel...this feels like we are going full circle back to Fox News again.


I see a signature coming in my future.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 11:30:09 PM   
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SPAM!

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/3/2006 11:36:03 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 12:48:14 AM   
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it turns out that teens really are only half-a-step away from full blown insanity.


I assure you that parents already knew this.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 2:11:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I remember Psyc 101 correctly, the inability of the teenage brain to reason efficiently, and to correctly assess risk, is due to the fact that the young brain has too many neurons and pathways, thereby causing the brain's electronic signals to become lost and confused. As the brain ages, brain cells die off and this actually helps to make the brain more effecient. So you see, killing your brain cells by drinking beer does make you smarter.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 2:14:03 AM   
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How does one know if they have a concussion? I got smacked from behind pretty good while driving to work this AM. Headache started almost immediately. Now starting to feel a little dizzy.


A concussion is a matter of definition. Medically speaking, if you lose consciousness after a blow to the head, that is a concussion. i guess it is possible to lose consciousness for a split second and not realize it. Symptoms are headache and confusion.

If your pupils start to be of unequal size, that is something far worse, and requires immediate intervention of a doctor, preferably a neurosurgeon. After trauma, it usually means there is intracranial bleeding. Of course, other things can also do this (but usually the symptoms are not associated with trauma.) This can occur even if there is no concussion (loss of consciousness.)

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 2:43:37 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 3:52:57 AM   
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If I remember Psyc 101 correctly, the inability of the teenage brain to reason efficiently, and to correctly assess risk, is due to the fact that the young brain has too many neurons and pathways, thereby causing the brain's electronic signals to become lost and confused. As the brain ages, brain cells die off and this actually helps to make the brain more effecient. So you see, killing your brain cells by drinking beer does make you smarter.


So, the problem with teens is too many Threads in the brain?

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 4:03:00 AM   
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How does one know if they have a concussion? I got smacked from behind pretty good while driving to work this AM. Headache started almost immediately. Now starting to feel a little dizzy.


A concussion is a matter of definition. Medically speaking, if you lose consciousness after a blow to the head, that is a concussion. i guess it is possible to lose consciousness for a split second and not realize it. Symptoms are headache and confusion.

If your pupils start to be of unequal size, that is something far worse, and requires immediate intervention of a doctor, preferably a neurosurgeon. After trauma, it usually means there is intracranial bleeding. Of course, other things can also do this (but usually the symptoms are not associated with trauma.) This can occur even if there is no concussion (loss of consciousness.)

Well, the headache and dizzyness were gone by noon. My back continued to be sore most of the day, but its better now. I think I was just too tense when the guy hit me. I was in a far worse rear end collision about 10 years ago and didn't have any side effects, but then again I didn't have a care in the world then either.

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 5:04:31 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 5:17:57 AM   
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Maybe they are just drinking warm beer....ya know, like those Brits do....

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 6:05:22 AM   
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Page 300. Clearly the wisdom of the Thread is deep.


Just a lot of SPAM

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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 7:02:53 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 8:57:04 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 8:57:20 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 8:57:38 AM   
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RE: The Thread!!!! - 5/4/2006 8:58:02 AM   
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